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Demming: Giving ‘Covid Carnival’ a second thought; T&T can show world we aren’t cowering from virus
So Gregory Aboud jumped out of his corner and suggested that we have a carnival celebration and everybody wants to kill him because, primarily, they say it is too little too late.
Is it possible that he is too far away from our perceptions of who can speak about carnival with authority? Are we being biased?
Photo: DOMA president Gregory Aboud (left) talks to Elizabeth Montano at TedxPOS in September 2019.
From COVID-19 To Caribbean Literature, This Is What the Region Looked Like in 2020
A recap of some our most engaging stories
COVID-19 was undoubtedly the topic that dominated news headlines this year. In the Caribbean, however, the pandemic served to exacerbate already existing issues, including societal inequities and gender-based violence but it also allowed regional netizens the space to create and reimagine their collective future.
Here’s a recap of some of our most engaging stories of 2020…
COVID-19
Several Caribbean countries initially closed their borders (some, like Trinidad and Tobago’s, remain closed), and regional governments began imposing quarantine restrictions.
Janine Mendes-Franco (Global Voices) offers a recap of GV’s most engaging stories in 2020, including news on COVID-19, Black Lives Matter (and its repercussions in the Caribbean), the environment, gender-based violence, Caribbean literature, and farewells to cultural icons, such as Kamau Brathwaite and others. Read full article at Global Voices. COVID-19 From travel bans to declining tourism, the…